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CANTON — The town will try again to find companies interested in working on the Farmington River hydropower project after negotiations with a potential partner failed. Chief Administrative Officer Robert Skinner told the board of selectmen Wednesday that negotiations with Citizens Enterprise Corp. had fallen through. Skinner said Citizens had concluded that the project would not make enough money and didn't want to proceed. "There were profits, but not to the level they were looking for," Skinner said. "The risk and upfront expense were too great for them." The town had entered negotiations with Citizens Enterprise after talks with another company were...

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CANTON — The town will try again to find companies interested in working on the Farmington River hydropower project after negotiations with a potential partner failed.Chief Administrative Officer Robert Skinner told the board of selectmen Wednesday that...

CANTON — Town officials have suspended negotiations with a company they were hoping to partner with on an ambitious hydropower project at the dam in Collinsville and have turned to another firm that expressed interest in the project.The board of selectmen...

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